Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-oviťь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *-ovъ +‎ *-iťь.

Suffix

*-oviťь m

1. Forms agent nouns
2. Forms patronyms and metronyms.

Alternative forms

• *-eviťь

Declension

Declension of *-oviťь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-oviťь	*-oviťa	*-oviťi
genitive	*-oviťa	*-oviťu	*-oviťь
dative	*-oviťu	*-oviťema	*-oviťemъ
accusative	*-oviťь	*-oviťa	*-oviťę̇
instrumental	*-oviťьmь, *-oviťemь*	*-oviťema	*-oviťi
locative	*-oviťi	*-oviťu	*-oviťixъ
vocative	*-oviťu	*-oviťa	*-oviťi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Category Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-oviťь not found

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -овичь (-ovičĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: -овичъ (-ovič)
      • Belarusian: -овіч (-óvič)
      • Russian: -ович (-ovič)
    • Ukrainian: -ович (-ovyč)
  • Old Novgorodian: -овиць (-ovićĭ), -ѥвиць (-jevićĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: -овищь (-ovištĭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -овић

    Latin script: -ović

  • Slovene: -ovič
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: -owic
    • Polish: -owicz (influenced by the east slavic forms)
    • ⇒ Polish: -owice
    • ⇒ Polish: -owica

• Non-Slavic:
  • → German: -owitz